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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sonlarson, post: 2329839, member: 15488&quot;]A little over a year ago I decided to start a collection of Mint and proofs sets from all over the Globe. At this time I don&#039;t even recall what inspired me. I think I was searching for a particular Silver coin and came across a Proof set that was less expensive than the Single coin by itself. Whatever the reason I think I got carried away, or maybe obsessed. Since then I have manage to obtain a little over 50 sets. A couple more are on the way and I am actively searching for a couple more. Yesterday I set about to reorganize the collection and came up with some interesting statistics.</p><p><br /></p><p>51 Total Sets</p><p>44 Countries</p><p>38 Proof Sets</p><p>1 Proof Like Set</p><p>12 Mint Sets</p><p>20 Sets contain Silver</p><p>52 total Silver coins</p><p>34+ ounces of Silver</p><p>0.375 ASW lease amount of Silver in a set</p><p>5.6931 ASW most amout of Silver in a set</p><p>$2.27 Least amount spent</p><p>$100 Most amount spent</p><p>$3.50 Least valuable set (Using Krause as a basis of value, not always accurate)</p><p>$180 Most Valuable set&nbsp;&nbsp; (Same as above)</p><p>6 Sets valued over $100, Total $840</p><p>$276 Total cost of above sets</p><p>$155 Biggest spread between my cost and Krause retail</p><p>746.15% Largest % of difference between cost and retail Cost $12.99 value $110</p><p>80.51%&nbsp; difference between total cost and retail</p><p>150% Enjoyment factor</p><p>2000 Lowest mintage of set</p><p>400,000 Higest mintage of set</p><p>11 Sets with mintage under 10,000</p><p>9 sets with mintage between 10,000 and 20,000</p><p>9 sets with mintage between 20,000 and 50,000</p><p>3 sets with mintage between 50,000 and 100,000</p><p>3 lowest number of coins in a set ( Haiti)</p><p>11 higest number of coins in a set ( Iceland)</p><p>347 total number of coins</p><p>1952 oldest set</p><p>2009 newest set</p><p>1976 Haiti Proof Set. Favorite set (for now)</p><p>1973 Barbados $10 and 1972 Trinidad and Tobago $10 Tied for favorite coin</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, that&#039;s a lot of stats. I am way too organized and have way too much time on my hands. I just started a vacation and was a little bored today.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a link to view a slide show if anyone is interested in seeing them all together.</p><p>I would enjoy hearing which set is your personal favorite and which individual coin trips your trigger.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1137.photobucket.com/user/sonlarson/slideshow/World%20Mint%20and%20Proof%20Sets" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1137.photobucket.com/user/sonlarson/slideshow/World%20Mint%20and%20Proof%20Sets" rel="nofollow">http://s1137.photobucket.com/user/sonlarson/slideshow/World Mint and Proof Sets</a></p><p><br /></p><p>While I am at photobucket, here is a link to my Silver coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1137.photobucket.com/user/sonlarson/slideshow/WORLD%20SILVER%20COINS" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1137.photobucket.com/user/sonlarson/slideshow/WORLD%20SILVER%20COINS" rel="nofollow">http://s1137.photobucket.com/user/sonlarson/slideshow/WORLD SILVER COINS</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Going to Grapevine TX coin show Saturday. Hope to find something interesting.</p><p>Unfortunately the dealer with the best inventory is a big jerk. I wouldn&#039;t take anything from him if it were free. But that&#039;s another story.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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